Written by

Gayle Jo Carter

What: Exposing and ending human trafficking, a criminal enterprise that profits from enslaving people for sexual servitude and forced labor.

Why: Human trafficking is a global crisis. Pinkett Smith, 41, and the mother of three is especially disturbed by the children who are victims of such crimes and hopes to shine a spotlight on their plight.

How: “Learn about trafficking and tell three people a day,” urges Pinkett Smith, who took her pleas to the U.S. Senate recently to lobby for an extension of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, which provides funding to combat trafficking and help trafficking victims. Learn more at dontsellbodies.org.